David Trimble
David Trimble
William David Trimble, Baron Trimble, PC, is a British politician who was the first First Minister of Northern Ireland from 1998 to 2002, and the leader of the Ulster Unionist Partyfrom 1995 to 2005. He was also the Member of Parliament for Upper Bann from 1990 to 2005 and the Member of the Legislative Assemblyfor Upper Bann from 1998 to 2007. In 2006, he was made a life peer in the House of Lords and a year later left the...
NationalityIrish
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth15 October 1944
CityBangor, Northern Ireland
CountryIreland
Of course, if they show they are committed to peaceful means and they honor the undertakings they gave under the agreement, there's still the prospect of people jumping together but it's time to start to deliver.
She was like a breath of fresh air.
Now winter is here and there is still no sign of spring.
No doubt it (the car bomb), like the murder of Billy Wright in the Maze prison, is intended to destabilize the situation by provoking a reaction ... I hope people will not allow themselves, as they have been, to be provoked into reacting.
There is no doubt that there are people in the republican movement who have been guilty of breaches of the ceasefire,
The people of Northern Ireland will now judge Sinn Fein on their actions over the coming days, ... An end to the war means the weapons of terrorism must be destroyed and all forms of paramilitary violence must cease for good.
The process is moving forward and the process is moving forward towards a particular result and towards completion. and the sooner we get there the happier everyone in Northern Ireland will be,
Recovery would be very simple -- let the prime minister put the information he has in the public domain,
Orangemen must realize that if this violence continues, it will only be a matter of time before we once again are following coffins,
squandered the best opportunity that they have had to date in order to resolve this issue.
It is not just a question of a symbolic action with regard to handing in some weapons,
We now have a chance to create a genuine partnership between unionists and nationalists in a novel form of government.
I wonder if they have any idea of the damage that has been done to this process, and have they any ideas as to how to recover and repair that damage.
Our proposal to him, expressed very strongly indeed, is that that is the course he should follow,